Avon, Washington
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Mount Vernon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98273. It stands on Gages Slough. The Survey maps it on the La Conner quadrangle. It stands 30 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1911 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Mt Vernon quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Mt Vernon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Mt Vernon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS La Conner quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS La Conner quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Avon between 1994 and 2019, burning about 8 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 17 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ROTTEN DOG |
| 10 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CLEO ROSE |
| 5 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Fire Marshal's Office | GUNDERSON |
| 27 July 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | QUARRY |
| 26 July 1996 | Fireworks | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 20 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 12 July 2003 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Avon: 9 unknowns, 4 producers, 2 past producers, 2 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Asbestos, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington | Asbestos | Past Producer | ||
| Burlington | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Burlington | Palladium | Unknown | ||
| Mount Vernon | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Northwest Talc and Magnesium Co. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Allied Aggregates & Asphalt Paving | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bar Sand and Gravel, Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Commercial Excavating Co., Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Concrete Nor'West Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Vernon | 2.8 miles | 21 | |
| Fredonia | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Burlington | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Chuckanut Junction | 3.8 miles | 21 | |
| Skagit City | 4.1 miles | 21 | |
| Whitney | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Allen | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Rexville | 5.9 miles | 18 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Avon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4829173 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1515995. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.








